If only...

...I still had my employee discount, and a bigger than city-living kitchen... I would purchase this perfect wallpaper to quite possibly frame above a lovely banquette dining area:

A lesson on beautiful banquettes:

(The gorgeous banquette above was featured in Traditional Home, designer: Tobi Fairley)

As many of you know, I have quite of love for banquettes of all sorts. Reading nooks, kitchen seating, glamorous dining rooms... my heart flutters when I see them. Did you know, that when they were first introduced in the 1600's in France, they were reserved for royalty? Some even were used as disguises for secret passage ways (yet another reason to love them!). I love the transformation that has taken place, as now they are used in many tight spaces and can be made incredibly affordable. Recently, I've been working on a project which incorporates a great corner banquette in a kitchen and wanted to share the images that have inspired me with this project.

Thank you Elle Decor for the extra storage ideas:

Great idea for tight spaces, or kid spaces:

I would love to curl up with a good magazine here: